Method of clamping and iratclamping panels oe pobtable eleld-fences



UNITED sTATEs PATENT oFFioE.

WM. B. BURNETT, OF LYONS, NEW YORK.

METHOD 0F CLAMPING AND UNCLAMPING PANELS 0F PORTABLE FIELD-FENCES.

Speccaton of Letters Patent No. 17,075, dated April 21, 1857'.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WM. B. BURNETT, of Lyons, in Wayne county and Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in PortableFences, and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing through letters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure l,represents, in part, a top view of the felice, and in part, a horizontalsection7 taken below the` two upper rails. Fig. 2, represents aperspective View. Fig. 3, a side.view of the connecting link.

The same letters of reference appearing in the several figures, indicatelike parts.

The natureof my invention, consists in an improvement in the connectinglink of my portable fence patented Dec., 1856, whereby a gate maybeopened in any portion of the fence, or any portion of it may be t-akendown and removed, without commencing at the part set up first, or last.,as was necessary with my original fence, and which is very desirable,for evident reasons unnecessary to mention here.

To enable others to make and use my fence as improved, I will describeits construction.

The trays (A) are composed of three rails (B), and two or more uprights(C); and as many additional rails as required, which may be either ofwood or iron. The rails (B) are all of uniform length, and are arrangedso as to project alternately at either end of the tray, so that when setup, in a zigzag line, the short ends of the rails of one tray, will abutdiagonally against the long ends of the rails of the other, and

thus support each other in a vertical position; they are then securedtogether endwise by a clamp (D), which hooks onto the end uprights ofthe two trays, across the inner side of the angle formed by them; thisclamp is constructed with a hook (u) at one end, and at the other with aturn button (e), which, when in place, is secured by a pin i), inserteddiagonally in a hole o), which is formed half in the body of the clamp,and half in the button, which prevents it from turning, and forms a hookat that end also; this clamp can be put on or taken off, withoutchanging the position of the trays, by withdrawing the pin (i) andturning the button, so that an opening may be made in any part of thefence. These button clamps may be made of wood or metal, and may be usedthroughout the fence, or only at given points where gates might berequired, solid clamps being used at all other portions. In all otherparticulars, my fence is the same as that previously referred to, aspatented by me in December 1856, any further description therefore,would be unnecessary at this time.

Having thus described my improvement, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent; is-

The turn-button clamp, or its equivalent, for connecting the trays of a.portable fence, constructed, arranged and operating, in the mannersubstantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand.

. WVM. B. BURNETT. )Witnesses W. D. PERRINE, GEO. CURM.`

